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Author : Unesco
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Tropical Grazing Land Ecosystems written by Unesco and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : UNESCO
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (466 download)
Download or read book Tropical grazing land ecosystems written by UNESCO and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernan Associates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789231016257
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Tropical Grazing Land Ecosystems written by Bernan Associates and published by . This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Tropical grazing land ecosystems written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Unesco
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Tropical grazing land ecosystems written by Unesco and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry N. Le Houerou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642744575
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (427 download)
Download or read book The Grazing Land Ecosystems of the African Sahel written by Henry N. Le Houerou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 7. 2 The Pilot Zone of the FerIo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 7. 2. 1 Geographical Zoning and Administrative Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 7. 2. 2 Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 7. 2. 3 The Substratum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 7. 2. 4 Surface Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 7. 2. 5 Vegetation and Rangelands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 7. 2. 6 Wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 7. 2. 7 Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 7. 2. 8 Evolution of Land Use and History of Development . . . . . . . . 170 7. 3 Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 7. 3. 1 Principles, Problems and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 7. 3. 2 Evaluation of Green Herbaceous Biomass by Orbital Remote Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 7. 3. 3 Evaluation of Range Production from Ground Sampling . . . . 207 7. 3. 4 Low Altitude Systematic Reconnaissance Flights (SRF) . . . . . . 211 7. 3. 5 Practical Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 7. 4 Conclusions on Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 8 General Conclusions: Towards an Ecological Management of the Sahelian Ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 of Scientific Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 . . . . . . . . . . . . Index Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 VII Abbreviations and Acronyms AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CILSS Comite Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Secheresse au Sahel CIPEA Centre International pour l'Elevage en Afrique CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CP Crude Protein (N x 6.
Author : R. M. Lawton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (132 download)
Download or read book State of Knowledge Report on Tropical Grazing Land Ecosystems of Anglophone Africa written by R. M. Lawton and published by . This book was released on 1976* with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R.O. Whyte
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401023255
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Tropical Grazing Lands written by R.O. Whyte and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1.1 Objective and scope These chapters are not intended as a treatise on range management of tropical grazing lands, nor on the agronomy of sown pastures and cultivated fodder crops, aspects of applied science that are only one stage above scientific farming and use of land. An attempt is made to present the vegetation sciences, or botany and ecology in their widest aspects, as the essential background for their application in economic land use and plant and animal husbandry. The basic thesis is that science is global, but that its practical application is restricted to specific biological and socio economic habitats. The region covered is termed the intertropical zone. This comprises the equatorial latitudes, the tropics and subtropics. It is not only that part of the globe lying between latitudes 30° north and south of the Equator, as proposed by some writers (DAVIES, W., 1960; repeated by DAVIES & SKIDMORE, 1966). Rather is it those regions of the world in which, at the lower elevations, certain families and members of the Gramineae and Leguminosae grow wild or can be cultivated. It may be a matter for discussion whether these plants in their wild communities or sown or planted crop mixtures are better indicators of a biological environment than the instruments and criteria of the meteorologists.
Author : W.D. Pitman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000611957
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Tropical Forage Plants written by W.D. Pitman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-11-28 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Forage Plants: Development and Use covers the research and resulting pasture development in the tropics and subtropics, which has undergone dramatic changes in the past few decades. Providing a broad, global perspective, it serves as a comprehensive resource covering a wide range of subjects pertaining to forage and animal production in th
Author : Patrick L. Osborne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521645232
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (452 download)
Download or read book Tropical Ecosystems and Ecological Concepts written by Patrick L. Osborne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-31 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory textbook on tropical ecology, unique in its international scope and balanced coverage of both aquatic and terrestrial systems.
Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science and Technology for International Development
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Improvement of Tropical and Subtropical Rangelands written by National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science and Technology for International Development and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. 't Mannetje
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9086866328
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Carbon sequestration in tropical grassland ecosystems written by L. 't Mannetje and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The increasing scientific consensus on global warming, together with the precautionary principle and the fear of non-linear climate transitions is leading to increasing action to mitigate global warming. To help mitigate global warming, carbon storage by forests is often mentioned as the only or the best way to reduce the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. This book presents evidence that tropical grasslands, which cover 50% of the earth’s surface, are as important as forests for the sequestration of carbon. Results are reported of a large five year on-farm research project carried out in Latin America (Colombia, Costa Rica). Soil and vegetation carbon stocks of long-established pasture, fodder bank and silvopastoral systems on commercial farms were compared with those of adjacent forest and degraded land. The objective was to identify production systems that both increase livestock productivity and farm income and, at the same time, contribute to a reduction of carbon accumulation in the atmosphere. The project was carried out in four ecosystems: the Andean hillsides of the semi-evergreen forest in Colombia; the Colombian humid Amazonian tropical forest ecosystem; the sub-humid tropical forest ecosystem on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica; and the humid tropical forest ecosystem on the Atlantic Coast of Costa Rica. The book is recommended reading for research and teaching scientists and policy makers with an interest to mitigating global warming."
Author : Satish Chandra Garkoti
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811382492
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Functions and Challenges in the Face of Global Change written by Satish Chandra Garkoti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book brings together research topics having a broad focus on human and climate change impacts on the terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics in general and more specifically from the most significant and vulnerable Himalayan ecosystem. A total of 16 contributions included in the book cover a diverse range of global change themes such as the impacts of changing temperature and precipitation on soil ecosystems, forest degradation, extent and impacts of invasive species, plant responses to pollution, climate change impacts on biodiversity and tree phenology, environmental changes associated with land use, importance of traditional knowledge in climate change adaptation, timberline ecosystems, and role of integrated landscape modeling for sustainable management of natural resources. The book is a collective endeavour of an international multidisciplinary group of scientists focused on improving our understanding of the impacts of global change on the structure and functioning of tropical ecosystems and addressing the challenges of their future sustainable management. We hope that the book will help researchers working in the areas of ecology and environmental science to update their knowledge. We also expect that natural resource managers and policy planners will find explanations for some of their observations and hypotheses on multiple global change factors impacting tropical ecosystems and especially Himalayan ecosystems.
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Total Pages : 402 pages
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Download or read book Environmental Effects of Conservation Practices on Grazing Lands written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gilles Lemaire
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845938097
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Grassland Productivity and Ecosystem Services written by Gilles Lemaire and published by CABI. This book was released on 2011 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 28 chapters with emphasis on the interactive nature of the relationships between the soil, plant, animal and environmental components of grassland systems, both natural and managed. It analyses the present knowledge and the future trends of research for combining the classical view of grasslands, as a resource for secure feeding of an increasing human population, with the more recent perspective of the contribution of grasslands to the mitigation of environmental impacts and biodiversity erosion as consequences of human society activities. The chapters are organized within five sections dealing with the different functions and the main ecosystem services expected from grasslands: (i) domestic herbivore feeding and animal production; (ii) the regulation of biogeochemical cycles and its consequences for the environment; (iii) dynamics of biodiversity hosted by grasslands; (iv) integration of grasslands within sustainable animal production systems; and (v) interactions of grassland areas with other land use systems at the landscape level.
Author : J. G. Bene
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Trees, Food, and People written by J. G. Bene and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 282 pages
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Download or read book The grazing land ecosystems of the african-Sahel written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
